Friday 17 February

Sydney area

Hot. Mostly sunny morning. High (70%) potential for baths and thunderstorms, perhaps extreme, in the mid-day and evening. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then turning northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h inside belated morning and afternoon.

Saturday 18 February

Partially cloudy. Quite high (95per cent) possibility of baths inside afternoon and night. The possibility of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h getting light early in the early morning after that becoming south to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h each day.

Sunday 19 February

Summary Min 16 Max 26 Showers. Feasible rainfall: one to two mm potential for any rain:

Cloudy. Very high (90percent) chance of baths, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds southerly 25 to 40 km/h turning east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the mid-day after that becoming light through the night.